流行美語(yǔ)第126課對話(huà)原文

　　李華打電話(huà)問(wèn)Larry今天下午要不要一塊兒去打網(wǎng)球。今天李華會(huì )學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：Bum和ticker.

　　(Telephone rings)

　　LH: 嘿！Larry, 你今天下午有空嗎？想不想和我去打網(wǎng)球？今天天氣真好！

　　LL: I''m sorry, Li Hua, but my bum knee is bothering me. I don''t think it''s a good idea to play tennis right now.

　　LH: 你的膝蓋怎么啦？Bum knee, 那是什么毛病啊？

　　LL: I have a bum knee means that there is something permanently wrong with my knee.

　　LH：原來(lái) a bum knee就是一個(gè)膝蓋以前受了傷而落下了毛病，也就是老毛病。Larry，你什么時(shí)候受的傷，我怎么不知道哪？

　　LL：I tore a tendon playing soccer several years ago, and now my knee hurts once in a while and it doesn''t always bend well.

　　LH：噢，你幾年前踢足球的時(shí)候受的傷，所以不時(shí)會(huì )感到痛，還不能彎。我爺爺年輕時(shí)腿也受過(guò)傷，現在只要一下雨，他的腿就會(huì )發(fā)作。

　　LL: Yes, having a bum knee or leg is very common, particularly among former professional athletes.

　　LH: 就是啊，這種傷害對職業(yè)運動(dòng)員來(lái)說(shuō)都是常見(jiàn)的。我倒是很驚訝那些美式足球隊員，打起球來(lái)橫沖直撞，居然還能走路。

　　LL: Yes, well many of them do suffer from a bum leg, a bum knee, or a bum shoulder.

　　LH: 嗯，他們的工資非常高，據說(shuō)有的年薪都上百萬(wàn)呢！ 筋骨受傷大概只是個(gè)小小的代價(jià)吧！

　　LL: That''s true, but not all of them make that much money and they still suffer injuries that leave them with a bum joint.

　　LH: 當然不是每個(gè)球員工資都那么高的。工資低的也經(jīng)常會(huì )受傷的。

　　LL: Li Hua. I would play with you if I could. Try to find someone who can play with you. If you can''t, give me a call and we can watch a movie or something.

　　LH: 我要是找不到打球的伴再給你打電話(huà)。看個(gè)電影也挺好。

　　LH: Larry, 我找不著(zhù)人和我打網(wǎng)球。你還想去看電影嗎？

　　LL: I''m sorry, I can''t. My mom just called to tell me that my uncle is in the hospital because he has a bum ticker. I should go and visit him.

　　LH: 你要去醫院看望你叔叔，他怎么啦？Larry，你說(shuō)你叔叔得了什么病，bum ticker? 什么是ticker?

　　LL: He has a bum ticker. Ticker is slang for one''s heart because your heartbeats similar to the way in which a clock ticks. My uncle has a bad heart.

　　LH: 噢，原來(lái)ticker是指心臟啊！對，心臟是像鐘表那樣滴滴答答地跳動(dòng)。Larry，你叔叔心臟病發(fā)作呀？

　　LL: No, he just had some pains in his chest. He knows that he has a bum ticker, so he went to the hospital to have it checked out.

　　LH: 原來(lái)他是因為胸口痛才住院。希望他沒(méi)事。我爸爸的心臟也不好，所以醫生特別叮嚀他要小心，避免壓力太大。

　　LL: Well, we''ve warned my uncle to take care of his old ticker, but he doesn''t listen. He still eats junk food and he has a very stressful job.

　　LH: 看來(lái)你叔叔不是個(gè)聽(tīng)話(huà)的病人。心臟不好的人應該要避免吃垃圾食物。或許你叔叔這次出院后，能意識到要好好照顧自己的心臟了。

　　LL: I hope so, but he has already had a heart attack and surgery, so I doubt he''ll change his habits because of a few chest pains.

　　LH: 他已經(jīng)發(fā)作過(guò)心臟病，還動(dòng)過(guò)手術(shù)！那看來(lái)胸口痛是不會(huì )促使他改變飲食習慣了。得了，你還是趕快上醫院去吧，我明天再跟你聊嘍！

　　LL: Okay, bye.

　　今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是bum，指的是有毛病的，通常是老毛病。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是ticker，是指心臟。這是很口語(yǔ)的說(shuō)法，因為心臟就象鐘表一樣滴滴答答跳動(dòng)。